Scoonie Penn
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| Born | January 9, 1977 Yonkers, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||
| Listed weight | 180 lb (82 kg) | |||||||||||
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| High school | Salem (Salem, Massachusetts) | |||||||||||
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Prima Veroli | ||||||||||||
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| 2019–present | Memphis Grizzlies (assistant) | |||||||||||
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James Donell "Scoonie" Penn (born January 9, 1977) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was a point guard during his playing career that was spent primarily in Europe. Although Penn was selected in the 2000 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks with the 57th overall pick, he never played a single game in the NBA, joining 7 other players from his draft class that never played in the league.
High school
Penn played high school basketball at Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts. He led the team to a state championship in 1995.
College career
After high school, Penn played college basketball at Boston College, before transferring to Ohio State University, where he teamed up to form a dominant back court with the future Milwaukee Bucks' shooting guard Michael Redd.
Professional career
After college, Penn left the United States to play in Europe. He made his big splash with the
Penn left Red Star the following season, and played in the 2005–06 season for
At the beginning of the 2009–10 season, Penn made the move to the
National team career
As a member of Team USA, Penn won a gold medal at the 1999 Palma Summer Universiade.[2]
Coaching career
After Penn retired from playing professional basketball, he became the director of player development for the
Awards and accomplishments
College:
- 1995–96 Big East Conference Rookie of the Year, First Team All-Big East Conferencemember.
- 1996–97 First Team All-MVP).
- 1998–99 Big Ten Conference Co-Player of the Year.
- 1998–99 Led Ohio State to the NCAA Final Four.
- 1999–00 Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award, as the nation's top senior under 6'0" (1.83 m) tall.
- Selected Third Team All-America, and First Team All-Big Ten Conference, in both his junior season and senior season. Ended his career at Ohio State University, as the college's all-time leader in three-point field goals made.
References
- ^ Scoonie Penn moves to Prima Veroli Archived 2012-03-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ TWENTIETH WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES -- 1999.
- ^ "Memphis Grizzlies announce assistant coaching staff". NBA.com. August 5, 2019.